Instagram's impact on travel

> How this travel couple fell in love while on tour with the Rolling Stones, How to be sustainable on your hiking trip & more - [Lonely Planet]( [Instagram's impact on travel]( Instagram has infiltrated the very core of travel; how people interact with places, where they choose to go and the art of telling travel tales. Over the last decade, Instagram has helped build our travel dreams, but has it destroyed them too? [READ MORE]( ADVERTISEMENT [What is backpacking? The eternal travel debate]( Backpacking isn’t a new concept – dust off that pack and stuff it with all the basic needs to hit the road. Bring a passport, plane ticket, a sense of wonder, and some fear and excitement bubbling inside. Head out to bus across the U.S., train-hop from one European city to the next, or bounce your way down the Pan Am highway finding all the trouble you could hope for. [read more]( [How to be sustainable on your hiking trip]( Many of us who enjoy the trail life want to advocate for Mother Nature and environmental conservation – so what are the best ways to be sustainable on a hike, and keep our lands as healthy as possible? Here’s a guide to reducing your physical and metaphorical footprint while you’re out hiking and trekking in the wild. [read more]( [Why the Westfjords are the place to escape the crowds in Iceland]( The impact of tourism in Iceland has been widely documented, from a Justin Bieber music video closing a canyon to rules being introduced to improve the behaviour of campers. But problems caused by too many tourists are generally confined to the well-trodden south of the country, and by visiting Iceland’s furthest reaches you can escape the crowds altogether and benefit regions that need tourism most. [read more]( [Why you should consider taking the bus to your European city break]( With the travel industry increasingly under fire regarding carbon emissions, what is to become of the one form of travel that hinges most on cheap, high-emission flights – the city break? Armed with podcasts, snacks and hopeless optimism, Lonely Planet writer Emily Frost hopped aboard a bus from London Victoria to see if coach travel across Europe is the more sustainable way to take your short European break. [read more]( [How this travel couple fell in love while on tour with the Rolling Stones]( It’s a dream straight out the film Almost Famous to have a chance to hit the road with your favorite bands, seeing the country breeze by from the windows of a tour bus and collecting back stage passes from some of the greatest venues on earth. For most of us, though, we’ll have to stick to back issues of Rolling Stone and Cream magazine to live our rock ‘n’ roll fantasies of tearing up the Riot House on Sunset Strip and ramblin’ on between sold-out arenas. [read more]( ADVERTISEMENT [boilerplate-bottom]( Connect with us on: Get [Guides app]( by Lonely Planet: [UNSUBSCRIBE]( POLICY]( [DESTINATIONS]( [BOOKING]( © 2020 Lonely Planet. This email was sent to you by Lonely Planet Publications Ltd. 240 Blackfriars Road London, London, SE1 8NW, GB. [www.lonelyplanet.com]( [Update Profile]( To view in your browser, [click here](